To the family and friends of the victims and involved parties, condolences and to the student – R.I.P.

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Update: 9:24PM

Our NTU President Dr. Su Guan Ning sent 2nd letter to the whole NTU population expressing the deep condolences with a clearer update from the incident. I don’t feel like posting the name of the person involved and if you insisted of knowing who he was, google from the net and not asking from me because I think this is at least some respect that he could earn for the last time. R.I.P. 

Dear Faculty, Staff and Students of NTU,

The parents of David H. Wxx., have been informed of the details. Together with Prof Kam Chan Hin, Chair of EEE, Prof Er Meng Hwa, Senior Associate Provost, and Ms Chua Poh Gek from the International Student Centre, I met Mr and Mrs Wxx. and on behalf of the Board of Trustees, management and the NTU community, expressed our heartfelt condolences at the tragic loss. No words can adequately describe how saddened we all are. The university extends every help possible to the family in their moment of grief. Our prayers are with them.

I visited Prof Chan Kap Luk who is recovering at the National University Hospital after surgery which lasted an hour and forty-five minutes. No main arteries or organs were damaged. I am heartened by the many students and colleagues who were also there to offer comfort and support.

DR SU GUANING

PRESIDENT 

Everyone has stress. Perhaps he just put it in the wrong way.

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Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_344879.html

The student had apparently jumped from the glass rooftop of a bridge.

This morning, an undergraduate student from Electrical and Electronic Engineering School in NTU had just commited suicide in the campus today, after he stabbed his final year project supervisor and professor.

The seriousness cannot be neglected. And the whole campus is filled with dark cloud during the first day when students were back from their one-week recess.

Stress? Confusion? Frustration? Vengeance? Academic?

There might be a lot of reasons that on why and how the student just like me managed to do something like tat. With due all respect, I shall not come into any conclusion in that. What I am going to tell is just something that poured from my heart immediately after the incident.

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It reminded my of the Columbine High School incident that happened in USA quite awhile ago, and I couldn’t believe that something like this could have happened in the school I am in! 

Stress. Yes. We are all in stress. For students in NTU (or perhaps NUS and SMU and others..), I CAN TOTALLY UNDERSTAND your feeling. Everyday is like war. Everyday we are filled with commitment and tasks to be fulfilled and no one second can be wasted.

Whatever we do, whatever we say in the campus, it all comes down to the final objective – Exam grade? Results? Or the ultimate degree certificate that we are going to get?

No I don’t think so!

Degree is important. But it is just a tool to open the path for you in your career when you are graduated. But whatever it is, it is just the opening part! And often when we concentrate on what we are aiming, sometimes we derail from the most basic stuff that we are supposed to pursue.

Life.

The society nowadays is derailed so much, that many of us mistake that Money is equal to a better life.

I do notice that in myself. I do wish I could have more money, thanks to the mindset of the society nowadays. Because without money you can’t do much for yourself.

But I realised that what we need is to earn what we could, and what we need.

The Last Samurai is a very good movie to remind yourself to be mediocre. Sometimes you walk a big round and return to the starting point, only to realise that what you really need is just some basic neccesities.

OK. Those are not reasons for you to slack off! I don’t mean that. What I am trying to convey here is… Sometimes, we need to slow down, look around, and enjoy.

Don’t be so serious. Just follow the flow of life. And you might find what you really want afterall.

p.s.: Seriously, from a stabbing incident I can talk all the way to something not related at all… =.=”

老实说啦，有点辛苦，有压力。。。

刚开始2天不要以为没有东西做，我们物质工程的可要连机械工程的CAD (Computer-Aid Design)的图画都给搞懂。方才可以开始我们的真正工作，有一点懵懵懂懂的。。。有点害怕，毕竟出来见社会了。。。而且还要自己学会。。。流汗

虽然是有点辛苦啦，做工回到来还要读书，但是有点偷笑因为可以学多一点东西咯。。。但是难免会羡慕别人training回到来轻轻松松的感觉。。。

新年快乐。祝大家万事如意哦。。（好像有一点早了。。呵呵）

很喜欢台上的感觉。演员诠释的还不赖！我觉得12块的票价是非常值得的一个演出！！ （观众甲）

从一开始的写稿，演员试镜，道具准备，搬上舞台，灯光音效，到落幕。。整整7个月的光阴，都是整个筹委的心血！有种怀念感，是一生中难找的。。。不知道又要等多久，才能找回那种感觉！！

上个2个星期开始，我们开始完全投入整个演出的筹备。。。虽然刚开始我不是那么的愿意，可是还是因为职责上的理由去帮忙了。不过我完全没有后悔，就算有那么一点的歉意，也是我没有200分的付出我的努力！！哈哈。。稿是花了很长的时间才弄好的，很不好意思因为我一拖再拖。。。写不出好的剧本来。。。咳，这是有点遗憾的地方，很感谢 “day one” 和 “new day” 同学的帮忙，再加上后期有我的另一位编剧如火如荼的删改，才有今天的演出。在这里要对大家说声抱歉！

星期五最后一天在can A摆档口卖票。。。

在 North Spine Bus Stop 附近的大海报！！我觉得应该先不要拿下来，在那边大大的写下“演出超级成功！！”一行字。。。哈哈哈。。。这是事实！！

同学努力制作的宣传明信片。。。

可能结尾有点太突兀，没有完全交代清楚。但是以2个小时的演出来说已经是非常非常棒了！我爱死子轩了！！（观众已）

上个星期开始完全投入！基本上从星期二开始每一天晚上都是报销了。。。哈哈哈。。。分别在不同的地点，nanyang house, nanyang auditorium, LKC等等地方彩排练习。。。全部演员和subcom完全都不马虎！！！很努力的彩排了。。。

星期四开始，就在LKC Main Theatre彩排。。。非常有新鲜感！！因为我很久没有回到LKC了。。而且这一次是完全不同的目的！！哈哈哈。。。没有了NOTES的感觉是完全不同的！！在台上台下奔波。。。很是一般滋味！！

开场舞蹈训练。。。

红叶、益宏、JONATHAN做咖叻啡。。。哈哈哈。。。“死”了不少次。。。

练打架的场面。。

由于LKC是租的。。一个小时72新币！！！所以就要很会利用时间。。。

化妆+头发整理。。。图中是我的女儿。。。Linda。。。

有人有时间摆pose拍照。。。好像下面的阿毛酱。。。

男主角安德鲁。。。

女主角相导。。。

还有我老帮主和敏锐啦。。。哈哈。。

还有拍了很多美美的照片。。。

就全部人都很忙酱。。。

那振航是什么course的？可别让我见到他！！要不然见一次打一次！！（我问他什么意思？）因为他真的太奸了！奸到出汁！！尤其是那跳舞的时候。。。（我除了笑。。。再也不知道怎样回答了）

“奸到出汁”的栟仁。。。哈哈哈。。。

两天LKC的彩排后。。。我们终于在星期六出发把我们的舞台剧搬上Raffles Hotel Jubilee Hall的剧院里了！！这里真的不是普通的贵！！！可以说贵到出汁了！！！哈哈。。两天的booking就要到5千新币plus plus的价格！！哇靠！！所以真得不能浪费时间。。。

结果很多人睡不醒。。。=.=” 。。 还要出动我这个老帮主去敲门。。。图中这一位就是其中一个。。。阿毛！

mrt上也不忘拍照的“鸟岛”。。。

一到舞台后，大家就各忙各的。。。灯光也用上一整天的时间。。。

全部人都很合作啦。。。能做的就做咯。。。

希望可以尽快把道具摆好。。。

老师也早来指导一下。。。

弄灯光。。。

佳宜的衣服好美哦。。。Linda的头发是真的？！整个都很有感觉！！！那些衣服从哪里租的？道具也是哦。。都很专业！！

弄灯光，演员走位。。。大家已开始搬搬抬抬一直忙。。。但他们竟然在。。。偷情？！

弄头发。。。化妆室真的很有feel哦！！！哈哈哈。。。

然后因为弄灯光弄了满久的。。人就开始陆陆续续得睡了起来。。。

到处都可以看到人在睡觉的踪影。。但他（远翔）还可以做功课？！！！哈哈哈。。

忙了整天以后，就到Bugis吃东西咯。。。好好慰劳一下自己。。。

那男主角好帅啊！！！我多么希望抱着他身上的人是我。。。 （我冷汗直流，不懂安德鲁听到后会怎样。。一定爽死他了！！=.=”）

然后星期日开演啦！！！不过照片还没有得到。。。迟点才放上来。。。

这是8月拍的照片。。。

这是10月19日演出成功后的照片

《悬恋》2008大型舞台剧。。。万岁！！！这一定是我一生中难忘的回忆！！！

哦？！就只有一次？！为什么不 tour around Singapore 和弄多一晚？！我觉得很好看！要让更多人看到啊！！（观众丙）

今天开始，钱叔不在了。。。

We’ve evolved !! muahahaha …

What are those ??? Wanna know more ?? 2 ways .. 1 is to join us and we’ll tell you when we want to, 2 is to wait for updates in this blog … make your choice !!

So where have I been? You might ask. I was not online for 2 days and more… I was almost out of contact to the world for 2 days… I was joining a DRS Camp specially held for 29 boys from Singapore Boys Home. Wait wait wait!! What is Singapore Boys Home?! Who are the boys?! You might be curious… They teenagers under observation due to their past (some sort like Pusat Pemuliharaan Remaja) … But I found something more precious than anything inside this camp.

They might be naughty but who has not been naughty? I was such a devil last time when I did so much of stupid and crazy stuff. Afterall, I feel that they were the very same people like us and we played along very very very well.

On 12th Dec, we met with all the other volunteers at Sembawang MRT Station and we practised some cheers before going into the campsite. Jun Han taught us the “Shake it Momma Shake it” dance and it was hilarious that we all practised the dance at the MRT Station with all the eyes starring at us… ^.^”

We reached the campsite at 11am and we saw the boys who were already there. This was the second time I met them, after the first session 2 months ago so I was quite excited and worried as well. I would be the group leader for a group of 8 youngsters. I wondered what the camp would proceed… Hahaha…

We had ice-breaking and it turned into a violent one… Hahaha… But everyone was so enjoyed the “Double-Whacko” game. Afterall my partner and I worked kinda well together andso we didn’t get punished! Haha… Then we movd on to other games such as the blanket game (where all of the members have to stand on the blanket and it will be half-folded… etc), Move the Water, Finding the Correct Shoes, Hula Hoop Game, and modified captain ball game for the first day. Our group won some of the games and though sometimes it was kinda hard to control all of the boys but it’s very good to see that they were really enjoying the games!! In the night we had night walk walking around the ‘clean’ beach in Sembawang… Hahaha…

Then the second day I woke up around 7 something only to find out that some of us went for jogging with the boys… haha… i was such lazy pig… So for those like me who didn’t go out for jog, we were waiting for them until around 8.30am… omg… They said it was 7km !! Luckily I didn’t… … else… …

Then we started our game “Obstacle Course” after having our breakfast. It was so fun especially to see each of them work with each other so well and each of them really have (a) close buddy/ies where they can play, joke and work with. I was so surprised to see their chemistry with each other and very proud of them!!! Then we had the blind-folded game. Our group didn’t work out that well for this game but who cares?!

Then we proceed to “Soapy Tug of War” which was really a turn-on type of game for me… Hahaha… Not to mention I was the “Tug of War” champion team in my previous secondary school. Muahaha… but we lost in the first round … … sweat ….. Hahaha… it turned out that this modified version (with soap water on the ground) was really hard afterall, everyone of us was like slipping our feet and stilll want to grip on the mat trying so hard to pull the rope… We won the second round even without my participation (honestly they were so sad when I said I needed to be pulled out from the team because the other team got less people to play the game, but..) they have won the second round even without my supersize body… haha…

Then we moved on to another fast-paced “Water Bomb” game and it all finished in 2 or 3 minutes i think? I was targeted and totally wet in the end of the game. 2 headshots directly BOMBED at my head… *stars

Then we got ready for our sketch and BBQ dinner. We BBQ together and I was so touched that the boys joined me and really want to serve me! Haha, until some point they were like grabbing my tong and asked me to sit or stand aside and grabbed some food… They said the words out so sincere that I was really happy to hear that. Hohoho… Then we played our sketch and it turned out to be so spontaneous and funny with the participation of all the boys and Group Leader, Xiu Tang and I… haha… I was really really really really proud with all of them since they managed to give out such a nice and WONDERFUL and PERFECT show even after some small arguement happened just before the show. They wee so professional that they could put their emotion aside and concentrate on the sketch and so spontaneous and expert during their acting. (we didn’t even have a script!!! non-scripted sketch for 8 minutes!! omg…) Really proud of all of you!

You might notice there was no photos posted in this blog. It is because photos are not allowed to protect the boys. I do agree on this but I’m gonna miss them and afraid that I might forget their faces next time I saw them. Hopefully not…